Moving - How to transport 5 tons of pellets

Got a few friends with trucks? Or maybe one with a nice sized trailer?

ANd Beer, Don't forget beer.

Figure out what these cost you, and what the move would cost. Figure out the value.

Then figure out what it would cost to have 5 tons delivered to the new digs.

Determine if there would be a benefit to advertise on Craigslist, sell them for a reasonable price.

Make it reasonable, someone will bite.

I'm betting it will be beneficial to have them moved.

And yeah, figure in the beer factor.

someone with a landscaping business that's starting to slow down with not much to do with slow firewood sales and no snow plowing yet ?

Tow company ?
Winch them up on a tilt-tray ?

Tons and Tons of beer maybe? Just maybe,,,,, but keep'em off of the tap and carrying would be the best shot. $300 for anyone..... Go for it.

What about wrapping them with moving wrap and seeing if a pellet dealer will move me for you. Would that be cheaper than uShip?

The people who are buying the house don't want the pellets?

A few years ago I was having a wall built and the block yard wanted $300.00 to deliver because I didn't buy their minimum for free delivery so, they gave me the name of a local guy who delivered small loads. I called him and got my 4 pallets of block delivered (30 miles) for $100.00. Look in the yellow pages under "block" and see if they have a name or two, worth a shot. Also call some local flooring tile and granite shops as their installers have to haul tons of materials. Rental yards and steel companies might also know delivery guys.

BrotherBart said:

If there is a sod farm around there somewhere they will have a truck and trailer with a forklift mount on the back of the trailer. And they ain't busy right now or making money with that truck.

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Same with a roofing company. I know for a fact that Sandford and Hawley have a flatbed and fork truck since they delivered my roofing materials with it. Op they are in manchester ct

Why don't you just rent a U-Haul, ryder, Penske, or whatever and haul the pellets yourself? My home depot even rents a pickup as well as several trailer options if you have a pickup that can pull a trailer.

Just like your other moving stuff, the pellets are just more freight.

Who's moving you? If you've hired a moving company movers don't care what they move

Looking at this a different way:

5 Tons = 250 40lb bags
$300.00 (moving cost) / 250 (number of bags) = $1.20 per bag if your mover takes the task
Is it worth adding 15% or 20% or 25% to the cost of each bag (figuring the bags cost you $5.00 or less each)?

If your 5 tons cost you $1250.00 (5 X $250.00) would it be worth it to let them go for $1050.00? Someone may bite an a deal where they could save that kind of money by picking them up, loading them themselves.

You'd be $100 ahead in this scenario.

If you are going to move them yourself stay away from a Home Depot rental...there's no real deal there to be had. Best to get a U-Haul flat trailer. 5' X 9' open trailer with ramp runs at $25.00 per day in Central MA. Then add in the cost of a run to a big box store for the Advil.

movers have shrink wrap, pallet jack and a lift gate and they're allready there. selling at a discount then replacing at a higher cost evens out

Who'dja buy them from ?
Would they buy them back for the same delivery fee they originally charged ?


If you're moving your own stuff with a box truck with a tail lift rent a pallet jack for a day ?

Probably cheaper to sell the pellets and buy new and have them delivered.

what brand are they, if you're not far away I could buy a ton from you

I'd be interested as well

thadd677 said:

I'll be moving to a new house about 50 minutes away from where I currently live and right now I have 5 tons of unwrapped pellets sitting in my garage. I've been trying to figure out how I'm going to move 10,000 lbs of these things and it's been a bit of a challenge. At the moment I'm considering using uShip.com to have an LTL carrier pickup and bring them to my new home. This is going to cost me several hundred dollars.

Anyone have any other ideas and suggestions?

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Have to agree with most ,rent a U-Haul truck that'll handle it and 4or 5 friends to assembly line them on and off ,pizza and beer when done and those 250 bags will probably be done in one morning, moved just fine and a good time with friends ...

SESZOO said:

Have to agree with most ,rent a U-Haul truck that'll handle it and 4or 5 friends to assembly line them on and off ,pizza and beer when done and those 250 bags will probably be done in one morning, moved just fine and a good time with friends ...

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With 4 or 5 of my friends helping and supplying them with pizza and beer I'd be better off paying the $300 to the movers.

What brand are they? They may not be worth the effort to move

By "unwrapped" do you mean bulk pellets or bagged pellets broken down off skid?

People still use the Yellow pages?